---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to adoption."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to authorize posthumous adoption; provide that the Act may be cited as Braylon's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Kentucky HB 164 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Courts", "Circuit", "Courts", "Family", "Domestic Relations", "Parental Rights", "Short Titles and Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b3480d-378b-4cc8-9f07-4824511fb2fd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb164.html"
source_hash: "2f3e5117ce6a4d290d7c6ab07bf0f3b6f7429e94cb7184d54ee6ddde6a4ee011"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 164 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to adoption.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to authorize posthumous adoption; provide that the Act may be cited as Braylon's Law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb164/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0016.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb164/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 164 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor Acts Ch. 16) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06b3480d-378b-4cc8-9f07-4824511fb2fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).